Beavers need your help

On Wed 28 January Natural England granted Devon Wildlife Trust a five year licence to monitor the beavers on the River Otter. This is great news but the hard work starts here!

Your support can help to get the River Otter Beaver Project started.

Please help us make a start with a donation towards our £54,000 target today. Click here to give.

APPEAL UPDATE: £48,227 (including Gift Aid) raised by 26 February - more than 85% of the way to our target, thank you!

Beavers are amazing mammals. They were part of our countryside for
millennia until they were finally hunted to extinction in the UK by man.
We can't alter the persecution of the past, but you can help us give these marvellous creatures a brighter future.

Devon Wildlife Trust

Its official, beavers are back!

England’s only breeding population of wild beavers look to have a brighter future after an announcement made Wed 28 January.

Natural England has granted Devon Wildlife Trust a five year licence to monitor the beavers on the River Otter. This is a key moment in the history of modern conservation and has come after months of hard work trying to secure a long term future for the animals.

You can help – we now face the task of funding the River Otter Beaver Project. An initial call for donations led to £45,000 being raised in just two months. However the cost of the five year monitoring project is estimated to run well above this figure. Find out how you can help here.

Marine Conservation Zones

The Government is currently consulting on the designation of 23 new Marine Conservation Zones around England and Wales - to help protect and recover wildlife at sea. Two of the proposed sites are on Devon's coast.